Powerball's biggest cash value in 5 years
Powerball's biggest jackpot in 18 months — $254.2 million — was up for grabs Wednesday night.
It was won by a single ticket sold in Connecticut that matched all the numbers drawn: 12, 14, 34, 39, and 46, with Powerball number 36. The Power Play number was 4.
The cash prize, about $150 million, was the biggest in five years.
Just missing, by failing to match only the Powerball, were tickets in a dozen states. One in Arkansas is worth $1 million for matching five numbers while having the Power Play multiplier option. Winning $200,000 were four Florida tickets, three each in New York and Illinois, two in Ohio, and one each in Georgia, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, New Mexico, and Wisconsin.
The jackpot goes back to $20 million for Saturday night's drawing.
It's still the biggest jackpot around, however, because Mega Millions rebooted Tuesday night, after a single ticket purchased in Paso Robles, Calif., matched all the numbers drawn: 27, 31, 39, 40, and 46, with Mega Ball number 36.
The annuity jackpot was worth $78 million.
In the Mega Millions drawing, one Texas ticket won $1 million by matching the first five numbers, while having the Megaplier multiplier option. Also matching five were two tickets sold in Ohio, another two in Kentucky, and one each in New York and Arizona. Each won at least $250,000.
The same night, a Philadelphia ticket hit for $225,000 in the Pennsylvania Lottery's Cash 5 drawing. Sold at the Adams Beer Distributor at Adams and Howland Streets in the city's Crescentville section, it matched all five of the numbers: 5, 9, 35, 36, and 41.
A $475,000 Pennsylvanie Cash 5 jackpot was hit Sunday in Wilkes-Barre. The place of purchase was a Mini Mart at 94 S. Pennsylvania Ave. The ticket was the only one in the state with all the numbers: 4, 6, 20, 23, and 30.
WOW someones life is about to change!. Congrats to them.
Another lotto heartbreak! Congrats to winner/s! Hope one day it's me. Just hope that they don't act foolishly. (Remember David Lee Edwards)
After shedding enough tears to soak my carpet, I decided to dust myself off. Cheer up everyone, there might likely be another huge Powerball rollover, just right before Christmas, now THAT would be a wonderful way to celebrate the season and the coming new year.........
GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!
- To never give up, builds character. Never slow down, just try and try again -
on to the next fat kitty down the pike
What town??
I'd sure like to hit before the hike in price.
I am glad it went to a small state that do not win jackpots as often,even though connecticut rank 3rd in the country per household income!
Do you think someone from here won the Powerball jackpot for last night drawing? If they did. That person need to buy alot of stuff from lotterypost store. Help out Todd.
Im happy for whomever the winner(s) are. However, I cant get but so happy about Conn. being the state. That is Hedge Fund Capital USA, and I know many of those fat cat wall streeters with their million dollar annual bonuses play the lottery also, which is their right. But I dont even want to think about a multi-millionaire winning a Jackpot that big! But hey, I'll keep trying, my boat will come in soon.
Just curious, why do 90% or so of your posts always ask the same queston?
In almost every post, you say something along the lines of "you think someone from lottery post hit the jackpot this time?"...or "do you think the winner of last nights win is a poster on here?"
Are you hoping someone did, so you can pitch some kind of business proposal to them?
I'm surprised to hear some here say they hope it didn't go to some person who is filthy rich already.
Don't George Soros and Michael Moore and Al Gore and John Kerry and Mayor Bloomberg and John Corzine and all the Hollywood Celebrities deserve to throw another quarter billion on the pile if they bought a ticket?
Just wanted to say that there are some really poor areas of Connecticut. One of the very odd things to me is that of the poor areas ..alot of the seam to be in the rundown areas of factorys that help win WWII.........CT is a very beautifull state with its high taxes but, again it has its share of slum areas...Anyway best of luck and congrats to the winner
Dude, I'm pissed. lol
I'm sorry about asking the same question. I think Todd said someone from here hit last night Powerball jackpot. He post his name on here. I think he was joking around. You never know.
so the new jackpot is only 20 million, i guess that's not enough for everyone here, who seem to only want to play when it reaches over 100 million. illogical, as you only have so many chances to hit it. (104 times a year) i say play every drawing (maybe for less in the beginning) but play it twice a week religously. it would really be a terrible thing if you only won 10 million in cash some day. you are all too greedy.
Sorry you are pissed but I no longer get caught up in the hoopla of what the current jackpot amount is anymore. It is totally irrelevant unless you possess a ticket that matches all six numbers. Otherwise, it is all just a fantasy game and does not belong to you or anyone else not possessing a winning ticket. So why get emotionally wrapped up around what the jackpot is and who won it? There are better things to focus on, but such is life! I just buy a ticket, momentarily hope for the best, then go on about my day/night. I don't watch the ball drawing and I don't get on the website to see what the "score" is. I just casually go through my emails and click on the one from the lottery of the drawing results. If someone won, no big deal as even $11milliion cash value before taxes (Powerball) or $7million cash value before taxes (MegaMillions) is more money than I started with today, so I am still going to have a ticket in for the next drawing. If it wasn't hit and rolled over, then I might purchase a few extra tickets (i.e. $5 QP), but I won't go beserk laying down $100 or more in hopes of hitting it big. Again, that plays into the uncontrolled gambling hysteria that serves no one except the lottery and the lucky sap that happens to win the jackpot. So don't be pissed; be glad you're alive today and have another chance to win tomorrow. Peace. Oh and just say NO to Occupy. Go work and earn what you want and stop being envious of others.
finally, someone who gets it. laying down 100.00 because the jackpot is high isn't going to get you anything but broke sooner. and stay away from those workplace pools. it doesn't give you a better chance at all. maybe a miniscule chance to get a smaller prize which you have to split.
faber98 I have been playing every Mega Millions drawing faithfully twice a week since the year 2000, I have been playing Powerball twice a week no matter the jackpot since it came to my state.It does not matter the jackpot,I have not won nothing worth discussing in over a decade of playing.Their are people who never play or rarely play and hit it big!Their are people who are finacially set for life who play and hit it big.Only thing i can do is dust my self off and try again lol!
I play via season tickets so I am covered year round. I love MA lottery season tickets discount, its $90 for a 104 games only during Christmas
season. My budget is gonna inflate because powerball is hiking the ticket price but I say its well worth the hustle. $2 for a chance to win millions? I'll
spend that $2 if its the last money I had!
I spent $1,000 on ticket and all i won in return was $220. I should have kept my money. damm man the lottery is a rip off
"pa. cash 5 tic. won 225g at adams beer"
used to buy my tics. there when i lived in philly.
gotta call my buddy ray,who still lives near there.
theres a bar next door called "the empty glass"
cool name for a bar, aye?
that is painful, especially when we find out the guy who won probably bought only 1 ticket. usually i buy 5 tickets an when the jackpot is very large near 200M i will buy 20 tickets. plus think about how many total losing tickets there were... probably 20 million losers or more so buying 100 or 1000 tickets really doesnt increase ur odds much at all.
What a wonderful early christmas present!!!!congrats!!!!!!!!!!!MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!!!!
It doesn't really matter how many tickets you buy unless Lady luck is on your side. When the Mega hit 300 millions I bought over 20 dollars in two seperate tickers, and I couldn't even get the mega ball. I came close of winning the whole thing when I picked my own numbers back in December of 2009. I only came short by two numbers. There is not question that there will be two major jackpots before christmas. ( Mega and Power). Once Powerball start the new program 1 ticket costing two dollars in January I will not longer play that game.
I would've won if it wasn't for just those 6 numbers I had wrong.
I needed that jackpot for a new life!
count yer bloomin onion blessings you didn't throw away the whole Grand
dang, did you pick the same 6 nos. i did ?
Well, since they take half of it from you, playing only when it's high is a good thing. You also save more money when you only play when it's high.
Cheer up, your returns were twice what you could expect from spending a $1000 on tickets.
tickets or chances per draw 1000
possible combos of 5/59 + 1/39 numbers = 195249054
MATCHES ODDS WINNING COMBOS EXPECTED WINNERS
5/5+B 1 : 195249054 1 0.00
5/5+0 1 : 5138133 38 0.00
4/5+B 1 : 723145 270 0.00
4/5+0 1 : 19030 10260 0.05 X $100 = $5.
3/5+B 1 : 13644 14310 0.07 X $100 = $7.
3/5+0 1 : 359 543780 2.79 X $7 = $19.53
2/5+B 1 : 787 248040 1.27 X $7 = $8.89
1/5+B 1 : 123 1581255 8.10 X $4 = $32.4
0/5+B 1 : 62 3162510 16.20 X $3 = $48.6
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overall odds are 1 : 35.1 28.5 total expected winners = $121.42
Be Happy
I spent $20 and only got a 0+1 for $3.
Congrats to the winners!
I'll still buy MM and PB for Fri & Sat, but I'll buy an extra Texas Lotto as Saturday's $20m draw is $14.8m cash vs PB $11.9m cash.
After all, $14m or $150m, its still a win and a lot more than I have now!
I said it and I will say it again. Califnornia should dump its paltry SLP and join the PB pool!!!!
EDIT: Oh, since I am a new member I can't post a link. But I just read an interesting article from Sacramento Bee website. California is indeed considering joining Powerball!!!
Congrats to the winner. They also made lottery history as that's the last time $1 will have won that much since the tickets are going up in January and theree's no way the jackpot will have grown near $254 million.
It sure sounds like a player is far better off throwin another dollar at the Powerplay or Megaplier than another line of numbers.
From the OP:
Just missing, by failing to match only the Powerball, were tickets in a dozen states. One in Arkansas is worth $1 million for matching five numbers while having the Power Play multiplier option. Winning $200,000 were four Florida tickets, three each in New York and Illinois, two in Ohio, and one each in Georgia, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, New Mexico, and Wisconsin.
Bet those who hit 5 + 0 for $1 are kicking themselves. Nice to win $200,000 but that other dollar they didn't play on PP or MP was worth another $800,000.
California wins 40% of the Mega Millions jackpots, It will be interesting to see if they will dominate Powerball the same way.
I'm tellin ya folks, the winner was going to buy milk right around the time of the freeky snowstorm we had and Ladyluck shined upon them! Sadly they are without electricty so have no idea they are the winner!!
This message is not verified or certified, but it sure makes for good read!
I played $8 worth and won a whole $3.00. If only I could win the jackpot as much as I win $2-7 prizes I'd be filthy rich. Oh well, and GOOD LUCK to whoever won the Powerball jackpot. Someone's going to have a very nice Christmas this year.
Guess I'll keep dreaming about all the luxuries I wish to have once I come into such a windfall..lol
Cynthia Stafford will be on ' The LOTTERY CHANGED MY LIFE ' this Monday. That is my absolute favorite lottery winner.
Hmm another win right before going into record breaking territory. Way too predictable.
If only I could win the jackpot as much as I win $2-7 prizes
If the odds of winning a jackpot was the same as winning a $2-7 prize you would but then you would have to split it with thousands of other winners and you would still only get $2-7.
Exactly! Every year Mega Millions and Powerball hits right around this time and then ticket sales start to get crazy right before Christmas. Another jackpot won't probably hit until a few days before Christmas or a few weeks after the New Years as it always do.
Sometimes makes me wonder if the Lottery has control over when they want these jackpots to hit.
Just seems to be too much of a coincidence to me.
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I know what the odds are of winning these jackpots, so incase you didn't realize I was being sarcastic.
Haha you have to be careful with sarcasm through text. Generally sarcasm is indicated through tone of voice and other non-verbal communications. I actually thought you were serious too. You should try adding the "rolling eyes" smiley face or exaggerate a bit more so we simpletons can understand better!
If the winner is another heir to a major luxury hotel chain, I'm gonna be p*ssed!
They would have, had an cool million with the extra $1.00 .
2 bad! Congrat to winner whoever they are good going.
Sorry, but I'd rather win the $20 or $12 million dollar jackpots than something this large. Too much money brings too many crazies out and too many problems. If I won the smaller jackpot, it would allow me to live nicely, but my husband would still have to work. He would get bored in a millisecond, being at home. We could have a nice home, nice cars and nice vacations, but wouldn't have the money to go crazy.
So, no thanks, but congrats to the winner.
Congratulations to this jackpot winner in Connecticut. It's strange that both Mega Millions and Powerball sold their jackpot winning tickets on back to back days with Paso Robles, California won the Mega Millions Jackpot of $78 million the previous day.
rdgrnr, yous what we call a comedian! And yes, I did say "yous" as in country slang!
i spent 5 thousand bucks on this draw and only got 12 free qps...dang...I stick to pick 3 from now.
I not know you play violin. how long you play now? very difficult to learn huh?
Please. The cost of living is getting too high to not want a huge jackpot. This isn't the '50s. Unlike your husband, many people would love to retire. My stepfather comes to mind. You can go crazy with 5 million dollars. Shocking, I know.
I hope that is a joke because if you're telling the truth then that must put a knot in your stomach...lol
I probably spent $1500+ on all lotteries this year and maybe won back $300-400. I usually only spend $80-150 the whole year but ever since Powerball joined my state and my Local state lotto carried over their jackpot millions for over a year I got carried away with the spending.
Now I look at this big pile of lotto papers and just think about all the money that I could have saved or spent elsewhere.
It hurts, but to lose $5000 all at once would probably put me in a heart attack..
I would never spend that kind of money all at once on a lottery even if I had won the $254 million but that's just me.
Which state are you playing in that offer QPs as prizes in the PowerBall game?
Sure, you can go crazy with 5 million...if you're stupid!!
I think winning a smaller jackpot increases your odds of staying grounded and normal. It would allow my family to have a new house, cars, nice vacations and "extras" that aren't affordable now...but it isn't enough to quit a job and have to go into hiding for fear of being kidnapped.
My husband would love to not work.....for a few days! He would get so bored, having nothing to do.
I don't need to roll around naked in millions of dollars. I would be happy with no mortgage, no car payments and have a few million in a nest egg.
Again, congrats to the winner---no thanks, tho!
Winning a smaller jackpot does not increases your odds of staying grounded and normal! No matter how you cut, you're still now a freaking millionaire! You're now a rich person. Many have went wild with 2 million dollars. Have you ever had a million dollars or more? I'm guessing no, so you don't know what that feels like to have that kind of cash, which why some many cannot even handle 2 million dollars, because they never had it before. It's not just lottery winners. That also goes for entertainers. The cost of living is really high and it's getting higher, so winning a big jackpot would be pretty sweet. Many people dream of retiring when they play, and if not retiring, they dream of working for themselves. Starting their own company.
We're entitled to our own opinion. :)
You're right, I've never had a million dollars, which is exactly why when I win, I wouldn't lose it. I know the situations I've been in in the past and I would NEVER go back to that place again. (being broke)
Is it possible to go crazy on $1 million, $2 million dollars? Of course it is, if you're a moron. (case in point, Leroy Fick's son)
Yes, the cost of living is high due to the economy. Who in their right mind 'dreams' of starting their own business in this economy? Too risky, especially with this current administration in office.
If I had the choice, I would much rather win a smaller jackpot than a larger one. I want to keep my life as normal as possible. A larger jackpot just makes life that much more crazier. No thanks!!
Hawii
somer wins free powerball plays in a state that has no lottery. interesting concept. brand new idiot.
excuse me, but how in the blue hell did CT have a POWERball winner when the majority of the state didn't HAVE electricity? were the lottery terminals gerbil
powered? this was only a test of common sense. you may now resume regular broadcasting...
I live in Ct. The winner was a 18 year old. No college for him.it was won in airfield county.
The ticket was sold in fairfield county which is one of the richest counties in the country.I am going to drive to the rich folks neighborhood to buy my tickets!
Well,congratulations are in order for the 18 year old winner in Fairfield County.Spend your fortune wisely!
With the problems there having down there right now, this may end up like the guy in Oregon who left his ticket on the refrigerator. I hope not.
LoL -
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$ Congratulations 2 The Winner/s $
Hopefully the powerball or mega millions has consecutive drawings without a winner til 12/24 that would be the best christmas ever!
It'd be interesting if the 18 year old is in NYC occupying Wall Street demanding that the rich give their money to the lazy.
If he is, I'm going to go beat a drum in front of his house all night and demand he give me some money.
Rich bastage.
The roll started on 9/17 and took six and a half weeks to reach $254 million. Six and a half weeks from tonight is 12/21, and there will still be 3 more drawings before the end of the year. Of course it's unlikely, but we could see a jackpot even bigger than this on Christmas eve. If it rolls until 12/31 we'll see the first $400 million jackpot advertisement before the year ends. The current cash value ratio for PB is about the same as for the 390 million MM jackpot of 2007, so PB would also set a new cash value record if it gets a bit past $390 million by the end of the year.
Neither me nor my lottery club won it, oh well, keep trying.
However, I'm setting my sights on MegaMillions with ticket sales less than 2 weeks away(November 16). I want to be the first big MegaMillions winner in Louisiana. I've put it to a vote with the lottery club at work and so far, they are all interested in us playing MegaMillions in addition to Powerball and Louisiana Lotto.
Wish us luck.
He won and lost the ticket...
I pray for the person who won the powerball jackpot amounting to 254.2 million and lost the ticket. I hope he finds the ticket before the time is up or else...may I just say...
Yeah I have been saying for years that I am skeptical about the large jackpot lotteries, I would not doubt that some type of scamming is going on, otherwise why are most of the jackpots always won right before breaking records? Maybe because a lot more are playing them, but it still seems fishy and happens atr the exact time every time. We never see it go up to $500 million and beyond. I won't believe in it until I see a win personally or know someone who wins. But I still am skeptical about the drawing process and winner determination.
How long does it take for a machine to kick out that many tickets?
I posted this a month ago today. It turned out I was right about this. Only if I could be right about picking my winning numbers.